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ArticleJournal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer2014

Co-targeting c-Met and COX-2 leads to enhanced inhibition of lung tumorigenesis in a murine model with heightened airway HGF.

Laura P Stabile, Mary E Rothstein, Christopher T Gubish, Diana E Cunningham, Nathan Lee, Jill M Siegfried

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Article in Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Laura P StabileDepartments of *Pharmacology and Chemical Biology and †Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and ‡Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mary E Rothstein
Christopher T Gubish
Diana E Cunningham
Nathan Lee
Jill M Siegfried
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Minnesota · US

Funding

VECTOR CORE FACILITYP30CA047904 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Jessie Nedrow · 1988 to 2026
$158.0M
Vitamin D3 Modulation of Inflammation and Lung Cancer RiskP50CA090440 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI DACIC, SANJA · 2001 to 2015
$34.6M
Targeting the HGF/c-Met Pathway in Lung CancerR01CA079882 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI SIEGFRIED, JILL M · 1999 to 2013
$3.7M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA047904NCI NIH HHS P50 CA090440NCI NIH HHS R01 CA079882NCI NIH HHS R01 CA79882
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe hepatocyte growth factor (HGF)/c-Met pathway is often dysregulated in non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). HGF activation of c-Met induces cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), resulting in downstream stimulation by prostaglandin E2 of additional pathways. Targeting both c-Met and COX-2 might lead to enhanced antitumor effects by blocking signaling upstream and downstream of c-Met.

methodsEffects of crizotinib or celecoxib alone or in combination were tested in NSCLC cells in vitro and in mice transgenic for airway expression of human HGF.

resultsProliferation and invasion of NSCLC cells treated with a combination of crizotinib and celecoxib were significantly lower compared with single treatments. Transgenic mice showed enhanced COX-2 expression localized to preneoplastic areas following exposure to the tobacco carcinogen 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone, which was not present without carcinogen exposure. This shows that COX-2 activity is present during lung tumor development in a high HGF environment. After 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone treatment, a significant decrease in the number of lung tumors per animal was observed after 13-week treatments of crizotinib, celecoxib, or the combination compared with placebo (p < 0.001). With combination treatment, the number of tumors was also significantly lower than single agent treatment (p < 0.001). In the resulting lung tumors, P-c-Met, COX-2, prostaglandin E2, and P-MAPK were significantly downmodulated by combination treatment compared with single treatment. Expression of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition markers E-cadherin and snail was also modulated by combination treatment.

conclusionsIn the presence of high HGF, dual inhibition of c-Met and COX-2 may enhance antitumor effects. This combination may have clinical potential in NSCLCs with high HGF/c-Met expression or epithelial-mesenchymal transition phenotype.

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Gene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticNeoplasms, ExperimentalAnimalsBlotting, WesternCarcinoma, Non-Small-Cell LungCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationCell Transformation, NeoplasticCyclooxygenase 2DNA, NeoplasmHepatocyte Growth FactorHumansImmunohistochemistryLung NeoplasmsMiceMice, TransgenicCyclooxygenase 2DNA, NeoplasmHepatocyte Growth FactorHGF protein, human

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PMCPMC4134355
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